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families will with much profit pursue the subject further. 



We then resumed our journey back to Morpeth, the silvery- 

 beams of the full moon glistening on the river. We reached 

 Morpeth Station just in time to see the 6. 11 p.m. train passing 

 out. There being some time to wait for another fast train to 

 Newcastle, we adjourned to the King's Head Hotel, where 

 we were provided with the best meal that could be served on 

 so short a notice. The members reached Newcastle about 

 eight o'clock, much pleased with their afternoon's excursion, 

 but resolving on another occasion the visit to this locality 

 should be made earlier in the year. What interested us most 

 was to observe so many plants flowering in a very much 

 dwarfed manner, the blooms of which ought to have dis- 

 appeared long weeks ago. Very few birds were noticed, 

 those being merely the Redbreast, the Wren, and the Black- 

 bird. An angler informed us he had just seen a Kingfisher 

 flying past. Ferns, though abundant, were confined to the 

 Common Bracken and the Male Fern. The following are the 

 botanical notes we made on the way : — 



Jagged-leaved Cranesbill, Geranium dissediim. 



Herb Robert, „ Robertianutn, 



Common Cow Wheat, Melampyrm>i pratense. 



Wood Loose-strife, Lysimachia iiemorum. 



Devil's Bit, Scabiosa siiccisa. 



Field Scabious, Scabiosa arvensis. 



Small Bugloss, Lycopsis arvensis. 



Red Campion, Lychnis diurna. 



Wood Sage, Teucriii7n Scorodonia. 



Cuckoo Pint, Arum maciilatiun (in fruit). 



Pendulous Sedge, Carex pe^idiila. 



Common Rush, Jtmcus commzmis. 



Jointed Rush, ,, articulatus. 



Common Reed, Artmdo Phragmites. 



Small Nettle, Urtica iiretis. 



Common Nettle, Urtica dioica. 



Knotgrass, Polygonum Aviculare. 



Climbing Buckvi^heat, Polygomim Convolvulus. 



Common Persicaria, ,. Persicaria. 



Red-veined Dock, Ru7nex sanguineus. 



Curled Dock, „ crispts. 



